The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-12

were lost In tho attempt to render assist
| ance to those In the wrecked steamer.
....Judgc Puckett OF Connecticut has
decided that no boycottlng OF labor shall
be allowed. -. Tho roundhouse OF the
Ohio Southern Railroad machine and
car shops at Springfield, Ohio, wcro de-
stroycd OH the Sth inst. by tho explosion
Of a torch. Loss ,000-insurcd -.
$50 and 532 West 3Oth St., New York
city was destroyed by fire. Loss $l26,-
600. Bellcfont, Pa., had 100000,
Lawrence, Kansas an $4,000 aud Hart
ford, Connecticut, $126, 900 fire on Sat-
urtlay last. Texas Is In the midst of q
severe blizzard. The wheat prospects
In tho north west arc reported to be
good. Cholera Is prevalent among their
hogs. Perry and Bricc, tho msors who
Acre found dead In tenement house IN
Philadelphia, Pa, q few days ago, LETT
the house. Mrs. Mary N. Agnow and
Miss Grace II. Dodge have been appoint
cd school commissioner by Mayor Grace
Of New York. Indiana has Il rival
Legislature, Il Democratic Senate and
Republican House. The fight Is over
the election of u. S. Senator. The
Republican members Of tho Indiana
Senate and House have held an illegal
joint convention and counted Robert
son, the Republican candidate for 1t.
Governor in. There is great suffering
from the drought IN Texas. Tho Pas
tor Of the Lutheran Church ut Oshkosh,
Wis, has announced that he will preach
q sermon on tho Knights OF Labor on
next Sunday, and that If his members
persist in belonging to thc order, Inc
will cXpel them from the church.
STATE.
The anderson Mtsligencer contained
ten, the Carolina Spartan ten, and the
RcO,rcc Courier seven marriage notices
last week. The Columbia Y. NJ. G. A.
is to have gymnasium at al early day
.... The whiskcy license for the town Of
with the Signal Service. Two Of the
six bar keepers in Camden have closed
their doors :. .Allendale contemplatcs
charging $4,000 for whiskcy license.
LaurenS has fixed the license ut $500.
The beer saloons Of Union have
been closed. Miss Lou Madden,
of Laurcns County, was burned
to death on the afternoon Of the 4th
inst. by her clothing catching fire while
standing in front Of an open fire place
IA young man giving his name rs
Jordan, left Columbia Oh the 9TH instant,
with board bill unpaid. During his stay
he had tried to insinuate himself into
the good will Of the Y. NJ. Z. A., his
host, and forged letter from Mcssrs.
DcSportcs e. Edmunds pretending that
they had offered him Il clcrkship. -. The
directors of the pcnitcntiary have leased
Mcssrs. Rice & Coleman fifty convicts,
to be employed in the work of grading
the Columbia, Ncwberry and Laurcns
Railroad. The Columbia street rail
way has tied up on account Of the snow.
-. Cupid NeSbit and Bob Burrows &C
cuscd VIM. Green of stealing their va
lisc at Summervillc. Green denied TAX
ing it, when they bound him hand and
foot and gave him ninety-ninc lashcs.
| All three arc colored. The case Is now
in the hands of Trial Justice Perry
Charleston has one hundred and forty
two travelling salcsmen. .EX-Gov,
IIagood, in an interview with the Co.
lumbia correspondent of the NeWs ana
Courier gave as his opinion that the
leaks in the State Government were nj
the lunatic asylum and the penitentary
and in the counties in the supcrfluous
offices Bishop Howe confirmed si1
persons at Spartanburg on Sunday last
80. The passenger coach of the Spartan
burg and Union train was ditched IL
Spartanburg on the Sth inst. The con
struction train started to it's relief anC
and ran off near Strothers, killing one
negro. =. Tom Alternately cut his father
Wilton Alternately, at Smutvillc, Spar
tanburg County, on the 7th inst, which
caused his death on the following day
Both were drinking freely Tie tl2
levy for the city Of Spartanburg hi
been fixed at mills by the city council
against G3 mills last year; the licens
on whiskics bringing about the reduction
-. Lands in western Chester arc bring
ing good prices, owing to their supcrio
: railroad facilities. =. MIR Elijah Farmer
an aged and respectable citizen of Town
vile, Anderson County, died on the 6t
: inst. .Mcssrs. Tillman and Co., evan
gelists, have just closed successful re
seventy converts and a number Of pei
sons added to the Methodist and LII
theran churches. The citizons la.se
three hundred dollars and gave them t
purchase new tent with which to carr
on their work &. The store of Messrs
Sloan & Blakcly was broken into O
Monday night. A few dollars in cas-
and some cigars and other small article
were all that was missed. Lcgislativ
: Librarian, Col. Jas. Il. Sims, was take
, suddenly ill OH the street in Columb
on Monday. Mr.. Z. r. Stokes, one {
the oldest residents Of Columbia, die
!, on the 9th inst. The general offices
| the Richmond and Danvillo road wi
t be moved from Washington to Ricl
l mond, Va. "A slight earthquake WI
= felt at Charleston on the night of Il
= 10th inst. The Grand Army OF the r
public Of Massachusetts,, through Alfre
l Moore, Assistant Adjutant Genera
Q has forwarded to Mayor Courtenay,
!, Charleston, for the benefit Of the hon
for mothers, widows and daughters